Readers Respond

GREAT wisdom, Kathleen. I'm reminded of my favorite quote from a Jewel song, "In the end, only kindness matters." And since TC has posted a response, I can recommend his new book release, Fearless Leaders! He speaks to kindness and open hearted fearlessness at work. (Not your exact words, TC, but the essence....)
By Trina Hoefling on 2015 03 03

Kathleen, love your perspective and this statement, "Most important, when you respond to people with empathy and kindness, you retain everyone’s dignity—including your own." The Dali Lame once said, "My religion is kindness and compassion"!
By TC North on 2015 02 27

Helen we talk to all kinds if investors. The female investors tend to be more cautious about who they are talking to and what are the qualifiers. The typical male investor rushes right in with the scenario often leaving the " who are you" at the end of the conversation. BTW I am British and love the show too!
Regards
Paul
By Paul Ripner on 2015 02 27

Make no mistake, most of the laws of the land favor women in divorce cases. It is common and ordinary for the law to consider women the wronged party, a needy victim and award them the bulk of the assets from a marriage and/or a common law marriage. After six decades of this practice what we have in our society is a large segment of older single women who own houses, cars, investments and other assets they have obtained from one or multiple divorces. Just a reminder that a cougar is a predator.
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By Wendy Gerlach on 2015 02 24

You are correct, the Fed would have to allow them to use the clearing houses for checks, ATM's and wires and probably SWIFT for international as well. Bank run solution - keep a liquidity reserve to be used to unwind positions should a bank run occur or do not invest in anything longer than 90 days. The last true "bank run" in this country happened in the 30's under very different circumstances. Although, if you had all your depositors stoned at the same time... hmmmmm, may be real issue here....
By Paul Fogle on 2015 02 23

Paul,
Good thoughts, there are two issues: one this institution would still need access to the fed banking system (which hasn't been granted yet for the proposed credit union), second, what happens if there is a run on the bank, although bonds are secure in the short term they are variable as the ten year treasury vacillates, If for example rates rise (pushing bond prices down) at the same time depositors want their money this will tank the bank. I think there has to be alternatives to what is going on now, but normal banking is the only true solution.
By Glen Weinberg on 2015 02 23

Why not create a financial institution that is limited in its investing activities to US Government secured bonds or a CEDARS CD program? No loans, no equity purchases just low risk investments with depositors money. Gets the money out from under the mattress and into the system. Fee based banking for brick and mortar, processing and overhead. Fraud and mismanagement would certainly be a risk but put a back-up professional liability policy in place.
By Paul Fogle on 2015 02 23

Great article! I think it's definitely necessary that the cold call model be tweaked in this bustling age. By understanding and respecting the busy schedule of a prospective client and getting directly to the focus of the call, you are more easily able to develop an organic and informative relationship for immediate and future sales.
By Alex Knettel on 2015 02 18